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Events in Sport

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1853 - 1st US bronze equestrian statue (of Andrew Jackson) unveiled, Wash
1931 - Phila Quakers set then NHL record of 15 straight loses
1938 - Bradman scores 107 for South Australia v Qld (1st innings)
1955 - Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring record with 154 pt
1955 - Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130-game home basketball win streak
1955 - Louise Sugg wins LPGA LA Golf Open
1962 - Golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, 1st pro appearance, he came in 50th
1972 - NCAA announces freshman can play on teams starting in fall
1980 - Islander Glenn Resch's 20th shut-out opponent-Canucks 3-0
1980 - NCAA decides to sponsor women's championships in 5 sports
1984 - NCAA announces that basketball tournament will have 64 teams
1987 - Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
1988 - 9th largest NBA crowd 38,873-Chicago at Detroit
1993 - Chicago Bull Michael Jordan scores his 20,000th career point
1993 - Michael Jordan scores his 20,000th career point
1995 - Mike Schmidt is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1996 - For 1st time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1998 - NY Giant GM George Young resigns to accept NFL position

Birthdays in Sport

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1909 - Bruce Mitchell, cricketer (S African bat, their top run-scorer (3471))
1913 - Horace Smith, cricketer (NZ, only Test wkt off his 1st ball (Paynter))
1915 - Walker Cooper, American baseball player (d. 1991)
1923 - Johnny Wardle, cricketer (Yorkshire & England left-arm bowler of 50's)
1930 - Doreen Wilber, US, archer (Olympic-gold-1972)
1934 - Jacques Anquetil, France, Tour de France bicycle racer (5-time winner)
1934 - Gene Freese, American baseball player
1946 - Elaine Cheris, Dotham Al, fencer-epee (Olympics-96)
1949 - Lawrence Rowe, cricketer (prolific WI batsman, 302 v Eng 1974)
1952 - Norm Jarvis, Prince Albert Sask, golfer (1984 Chilliwack)
1953 - Bruce Sutter, pitcher (Cubs, Cards, Braves)
1955 - Spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer
1959 - Michael Harwood, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer
1961 - Shoaib Mohammad, cricketer (son of Hanif Patient & prolific batsman)
1963 - Hiromi Kobayashi, Fukushima Japan, LPGA golfer (1993 JAL Big Apple)
1964 - Virgil Hill, Missouri, middleweight boxer (Olympic-silver-1984)
1965 - Champaka Ramanayake, cricketer (Sri Lankan opening bowler)
1965 - Eric Wohlberg, Sudbury Ontario, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1966 - Darryl Hall, CFL linebacker (Calgary Stampeders)
1967 - Hollis Conway, Chicago Ill, high jumper (Olympics-silv/bronze-88, 92)
1967 - Kent Jones, Portales NM, golfer (NM State Amateur-1990-91)
1967 - Roger Rowland, Jacksonville FL, Nike golfer (1990 Macon Open-2nd)
1967 - Willie Anderson, US, NBA guard (NY Knicks, Olympic-bronze-1988)
1968 - Alexander Alexeev, NHL defenseman (Belarus, Oly-98)
1968 - Brian Johnson, Oakland Calif, catcher (San Diego Padres)
1968 - Mark Duane Croghan, Akron Ohio, 3k steeplechase (Olympics-5th-96)
1968 - Paul Carey, US baseball infielder (Baltimore Orioles)
1968 - Keith Mullings, American boxer
1969 - Brian Boehringer, St Louis MO, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1970 - Jon Klemm, Calgary, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche)
1971 - Billy Joe Hobert, NFL quarterback (Oakland Raiders)
1971 - Darren Langdon, Deere Lake, NHL left wing (NY Rangers)
1971 - Roosevelt Potts, NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts)
1971 - Pascal Zuberbühler, Swiss footballer
1972 - Brandie Burton, San Bernardino CA, LPGA golfer (1993 du Maurier Ltd)
1972 - Devlin Murphy, Honolulu Hawaii, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
1974 - Arjan Blaauw, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen)
1974 - Brian Roberson, wide receiver (NY Giants)
1975 - Vitali Yachmenev, Chelyabinsk Rus, NHL right wing (LA Kings)
1976 - Brad Snyder, Ontario, shot putter (Olympics-96)
1976 - Carl Pavano, American baseball player
1979 - Adrian Mutu, Romanian footballer
1979 - Stipe Pletikosa, Croatian footballer
1979 - Seol Ki-Hyeon, South Korean footballer
1981 - Jeff Francis, Canadian baseball player
1982 - Emanuele Calaiò, Italian footballer
1982 - John Utaka, Nigerian footballer
1984 - Jeff Francoeur, American baseball player
1986 - David Silva, Spanish footballer

Deaths in Sport

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1789 - Jack Broughton, English boxer (bc. 1703)
1900 - Billy Bates, cricketer (656 runs & 50 wkts in 15 Tests for Eng), dies
1950 - George Rowe, cricketer (15 wckts in 4 Tests for S Af 1895-1902), dies
1987 - P G Joshi, cricketer (12 Tests for India 1951-60, ct 18 stp 9), dies
1995 - Carlos Monzon, [El Macho], Arg medium weight boxing champ (1970-77), dies at 52
2000 - Fritz Thiedemann, German equestrianist (b. 1918)
2008 - George Moore, Australian champion jockey (b. 1923)